Police arrest 2, find active meth lab near Ray Miller

Friday

Jan 4, 2013 at 3:59 PM

Suspects were allegedly in the middle of manufacturing methamphetamine in apartment within 2,000 feet of school

A Kirksville man on probation and a woman were charged Friday with felony manufacturing of methamphetamine for allegedly conducting one-pot cooks about 40 feet from the Ray Miller Elementary playground.

According to the probable cause statement, police were invited into the apartment in the 2100 block of E. Normal St., by Moseley and began to question her and Bos, who had been in the apartment bathroom when police arrived.

Police arrested both Moseley and Bos on suspicion of theft and transported them to the Adair County Jail for 24-hour holds.

After questioning the pair, police returned to the apartment and were granted permission to search by Moseley, who also allegedly admitted to buying psueodophedrine earlier that day and giving it to Bos, but denied knowing whether he was engaged in illegal drug manufacturing in the bathroom.

During a search of the apartment, officers located two apparent "one-pot" cooking set ups in the bathroom, one of which was was believed to have been "completed" as well as additional paraphernalia and items commonly used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Many of the residues located on items throughout the apartment tested positive for methamphetamine and officers also found a marijuana pipe at the scene, according to the police report.

The apartment is located approximately 40 feet from the Ray Miller Elementary playground and about 120 feet from the main building, according to the police report.

Both Moseley and Bos were charged with the class A felony of manufacturing a controlled substance within 2,000 feet of a school, the class C felony of possession of methamphetamine and the class D felony of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Moseley was also charged with the class D felony of providing precursor materials with intent of illegal manufacturing.

Bos is currently on probation for manufacturing a controlled substance and underwent a court-ordered drug treatment program in lieu of his sentence in 2011. He completed the program and was released to probation in April 2012.

Both Bos and Moseley were being held in the Adair County Jail as of Friday afternoon on $100,000 cash-only bonds each.